BlockFruitland, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Duchesne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84027. The Survey maps it on the Fruitland quadrangle. It stands 6,624 feet above sea level.
On record in Fruitland
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Simmons Ranchlisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1885 USGS Uinta quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Fruitland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Duchesne quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Fruitland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 632 acres in total. 67 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | STRAWBERRY HILLS FIRE |
| 6 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BANDANNA DRIVE |
| 6 September 2005 | Natural | 12 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RED CREEK ROAD |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BIGGEST TREE IN FOREST |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | YOUNG'S RIDGE |
| 22 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SOUTH GRAY WOLF |
| 21 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EAST FRUITLAND |
| 20 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SOUTH CURRANT CREEK |
Storms near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fruitland in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Fruitland | $150,000 | Heavy rain over the Dollar Ridge Fire burn scar produced a large flash flood for areas downstream along the Strawberry River. In the Camelot Resort area, 30 adults and 13 children were trapped by the water and debris, and had to be rescued by law enforcement, while nearly a dozen people were rescued in Timber Canyon. |
| September 2013 | Flood | Fruitland | $15,000 | Heavy rain over multiple days resulting in flooding in Duchesne County, mostly impacting the town of Duchesne and State Route 191. Several streets in Duchesne were flooded, including Main Street, with the worst flooding occurring through the day of September 14. Earlier in the event, on the morning of September 12, multiple mudslides occurred on State Route 191 between Duchesne and Helper. The mud across the road trapped several motorists for a few hours before the debris could be cleaned up, but no injuries occurred due to the slides. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Fruitland | $1,100 | A debris flow moved across a road in Timber Canyon. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Fruitland | $1,000 | Videos and reports of flooding and mudslides in Indian Canyon near mile post 278. |
| March 2023 | Debris Flow | Fruitland | $1,000 | UDOT reported a debris flow / mudslide over US-191 near MP 262, resulting in road closure for cleanup. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland | - | The US-40 at MP 66 Fruitland mesonet station recorded an initial peak gust of 64 mph at 2:20 pm MST, and a subsequent strong gust of 58 mph at 2:30 pm MST. These gusts were a result of outflow winds associated with a cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland | - | The Indian Canyon Summit mesonet station recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Fruitland | - | A tornado developed near the summit of US-191 and Argyle Canyon |Road in remote southwestern Duchesne County at about 9200 feet. |Sporadic damage is noted in this area as it moved north over a |ridge line and into a valley adjacent to US-191 along Indian |Canyon.||The tornado then descended down the length of the valley from |about 9200 feet to a creek adjacent to US-191 at an elevation of |about 8500 feet. Over this period, both the strength and and width|of the tornado increased substantially with a continuous damage |path through a mixed aspen and conifer forest. The maximum damage |was found in this area and was significant. Almost all trees over |a large hillside facing the road were violently blown down, |snapped, or topped into a clearly convergent axis. Several tree |tops were desposited along the creek and road with no clear |indicatation as to where they orginated.||The tornado then crossed US-191 and ascended the hillside from |about 8500 feet to another ridge on the northwest side of the road|to an elevation of about 9100 feet. Considerable damage was noted|immediately north of US-191 where numerous trees were snapped or |uprooted, although not to the severe extent noted on the south |side of the road. Damage decreased considerably up the hillside to|the top of the 9100 foot ridge line with more sporadic toppled |trees.||A few toppled trees were noted into the next basin over the ridge|on the north side of the road, marking the last discernible |damage from the tornado, and the end of the 2 mile damage path. |
| August 2022 | Debris Flow | Fruitland | - | A large debris flow originating off of the Dollar Ridge Fire burn scar passed through the Strawberry Pinnacles area. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland | - | The US-40 at MP 66 Fruitland sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 66 mph. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland | - | The Fruitland 3 ESE station recorded a peak wind gust of 69 mph. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Fruitland | - | Heavy rain over the Dollar Ridge Fire burn scar produced a debris flow that impacted the Promised Land Resort. Many area roadways were blocked, and water rescues of 12 people occurred. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Fruitland | - | Hail with an estimated diameter of one inch was reported near Fruitland. |
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Fruitland | - | Portion of Camelot Rd. washed out. Horse Ridge RAWS received 1.14" |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Fruitland | - | Thunderstorms moving through Duchesne County spawned a funnel cloud near the town of Fruitland. Brief heavy rain and small hail also fell from the storms. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Fruitland | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabiona | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hanna | 13.8 miles | 17 | |
| Utahn | 22.0 miles | 18 | |
| Duchesne | 23.4 miles | 18 | |
| Talmage | 23.5 miles | 18 | |
| Mountain Home | 27.1 miles | 18 | |
| Boneta | 28.3 miles | 17 | |
| Moon Lake Lodge | 30.3 miles | 24 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Fruitland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5506444 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437564. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.